The Type of Regime and Indices of Socio-Political Instability: The Experience of Quantitative Analysis
https://doi.org/10.18611/2221-3279-2017-8-4-95-112
Abstract
The article provides an analysis of the dependencies between the individual indexes destabilization of the collected CNTS, and types of regimes (“Freedom House”) from 1973 to 2012. Review and analysis is conducted through the prism of four stages of time: 1) 1973-2012; 2) 1973-1991: 2.1) 1973- 1989; 2.2) 1973-1991; 3) 1992-2010; 4) 2011- 2012.
About the Author
S. E. Bilyuga
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Russian Federation
Junior Researcher, the Scientifi c and Training Laboratory for Monitoring the Risks of Socio-Political Destabilization, Higher School of Economics; Postgraduate student, the Faculty of Global Processes, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Junior Researcher, the Center for Long-Term Forecasting and Strategic Planning, Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Junior Researcher, the Scientifi c and Training Laboratory for Monitoring the Risks of Socio-Political Destabilization, Higher School of Economics; Postgraduate student, the Faculty of Global Processes, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Junior Researcher, the Center for Long-Term Forecasting and Strategic Planning, Moscow State University
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Bilyuga S.E. The Type of Regime and Indices of Socio-Political Instability: The Experience of Quantitative Analysis. Comparative Politics Russia. 2017;8(4):95-112. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18611/2221-3279-2017-8-4-95-112
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